Rehanging the gallery

The annual Fun 4 Kids festival has once again seen the Warrnambool Art Gallery transformed into a space for playing, drawing, and exploring art, but now the crayon marks have been wiped off the floor and the walls have been emptied, ready to be rehung with a whole range of different pieces from the gallery's permanent collection.

Each year the staff at the Gallery use Fun 4 Kids as an opportunity to delve into their sizeable storage rooms and change what's on display from the permanent collection - some popular pieces remain, but the bulk of what's on display is work which hasn't been out over the past 12 months, and which might not have been on show for quite some time.

As Acting Curator Angie Taylor explains, this year they've tried to address certain themes which play to the strengths of their collection - there's a section about Tower Hill, some portraits, and a feature wall dedicated to Melbourne Modernists which has been hung in a salon style.

The three temporary exhibition spaces are also set to reopen with new artworks, although one of them will be a sort of hang-over from Fun 4 Kids showcasing the work of children's book illustrator Mini Goss.

There'll also be a display of tapestry from graduating South West TAFE students, and an installation from Flossie Peitsch which will probably keep the gallery staff on their toes if kids get too close to it.

The official reopening of the gallery is this Sunday from 2pm - it's open to everyone but the gallery would like to know if you're coming to make sure there are enough scones for everyone. If you'd like to go along, call them on 5559 4949.